Quality of college life (QCL) of students: Developing and validating a measure of well-being

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 343-360

  Sirgy, M Joseph ^a   Grzeskowiak, Stephan ^b   Rahtz, Don ^c  

^a PAMPLIN COLLEGE OF BUSINESS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

^c The College of William and Mary   (United States)

Author keywords

College student quality of life; College student well being; Quality of college life of students; University student quality of life; University student well being

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; QUALITY OF LIFE; STUDENT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33846442462     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-005-5921-9     Document Type: Article

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